For those of you who want to root your Epic 4G Touch on a Mac or Linux, you can using this open-source tool called Heimdall.

Here's how to root your Epic 4G Touch on Mac or Linux.

Step 1. Put your Epic 4G Touch in Download Mode by holding down Volume Down button and Power button together for about 10 seconds then hit Volume Up button. Connect your phone to your computer via a USB cable.

Did this yesterday on MacBook Pro, 64-bit. Works as advertised, pretty simple. One quick tip, don't need to unpack the tar in heimdall; a double-click will do the trick... just gotta remember where you put it (and make sure you're in the right directory).

Did this yesterday on MacBook Pro, 64-bit. Works as advertised, pretty simple. One quick tip, don't need to unpack the tar in heimdall; a double-click will do the trick... just gotta remember where you put it (and make sure you're in the right directory).

just got my phone yesterday, and, was hoping that soon there would be a solution for us mac users..this looks great!
just a quick question; anyone who has used this, does it bork anything like wifi or bluetooth?

So, heimdall is basically just an open-source implementation of tarball flashing with Odin? Very cool!

Also, would you mind listing MD5 or SHA1 checksum values for the kernels/etc that you post? Wouldn't want to flash anything corrupt...EDIT: Nevermind, I went to actually download the file and the MD5 is right there! Thanks.

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